New York Mets vs Cincinnati Reds
July 20, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Mets 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 2
Almon ss 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph,2b 2 0 0 0
  Reardon p 0 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Henderson lf 4 1 1 1
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 0 0
Stearns c 4 0 1 0
Maddox 3b 3 0 0 0
Flynn 2b,ss,2b 3 1 2 0
Zachry p 1 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 1 0
  Glynn p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Taveras ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 4 1 3 0
  Mejias cf 1 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 1 0
Griffey rf 4 2 2 3
Foster lf 4 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 2 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 2 0
Nolan c 3 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Oester 2b 0 0 0 0
Moskau p 3 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York 010 000 020363
Cincinnati 003 000 001490
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry   5.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Glynn   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Miller   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Reardon  L (4-5) 1.2 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.2
9
4
4
6
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   8.0 6 3 3 0 5
  Hume  W (4-7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
0
5

  E–Almon (6), Jorgensen (4), Miller (1).  DP–New York 2.  3B–New York Flynn (3,off Moskau), Cincinnati Griffey (6,off Zachry).  HR–New York Henderson (5,2nd inning off Moskau 0 on, 0 out); Mazzilli (13,8th inning off Moskau 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Griffey (8,9th inning off Reardon 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Knight (1,off Reardon).  SB–Collins 2 (50,2nd base off Zachry/Stearns 2); Driessen (12,2nd base off Glynn/Stearns).  CS–Collins (7,2nd base by Zachry/Stearns).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:37.  A–24,081.
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